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3 or 4.

Everything you need is here; Overseas British passport applications – Apply for a passport – GOV.UK

I reckon pretending to live in the UK and using a "virtual" phone number probably did it. Lucky it hasn't been cancelled altogether.

I know you, you're one of the Monkees.

Well he had to tell them as he was afraid otherwise he might miss his turn.

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Naturally not. It will be in the ticket price, as mentioned in the article, however "expats" will have to cough up; "This is because airlines are only able to recognise passenger information, such as nationality, and not the immigration status of a foreign national residing in Thailand." Of course the airline doesn't necessarily know the nationality of the passenger at the time of booking/payment (most, including TG, don't ask in my experience) so will either have to charge everyone the same and refund Thai's later or collect the money when they finally learn who they are carrying, neither seems workable. So perhaps all airlines will have to modify their booking systems to accommodate this. I can see a further delay coming.

https://www.tatnews.org/2022/06/thailands-entry-requirements/

Prepaid? Either way the AIS website seems to have many options https://www.ais.th/package/en/package_net_non_stop.html, for example;

Here are Kasikorn debit/ATM card charges;

Update. Supperich will accept them until next week at a reduced rate....

You will likely have to keep them until you return to the UK. No sensible money changer is going to want them.

It has nothing to do with the embassy, applications are received at VFS offices in Bangkok and Chiang Mai. Look here for all the information needed; Overseas British passport applications – Apply for a passport – GOV.UK It is highly unlikely you will get your new passport by October, currently they estimate 11 weeks. You may need a trip to the UK to get sorted, or perhaps leave and re-enter on your Irish passport and do the same when the new British one shows up.

Yes, yes and yes. From the UK embassy website; Single Entry Visa will be valid for 3 months from the date of issue. You must enter Thailand within the validity of visa. However, the permitted length of stay is up to 90 days from the date of your arrival in Thailand. Please carefully note the immigration stamp in your passport to make sure that you do not overstay your visa.

Pity the poor sod (me) who's flying that route in December on OS. My only solace is in the fact that I managed to snag a pretty low fare for a return from London.

Not so sure about that, although I think it is ignored/overlooked frequently. From the application form; Uncancelled can include expired passports if they have not been formally cancelled (corners cut, stamped cancelled, etc) by the issuing authority.

Market forces. People in the UK are completely broke, guacamole is a very rare treat for most.

Grateful to them pointing out what a pestle is for.

There is no inheritance tax to pay on anything left to a spouse, unless different rules apply to a foreign spouse, albeit one married in the UK.

Fortunately not, although perhaps there is a place in the chip for that. The old one neither, although it does contain an entry stamp for our honeymoon in Jamaica, distant memories now, both the trip and her.

Well here's my 2021 passport alongside my 1981 version. The colour is certainly blue and both are the same. The new one looks darker more so due to the grain of the cover than anything else I think, and ageing of course.

Have you already done one of these trips? I seem to have been reading lists of towns for some time and am hoping soon to start seeing reports of what you have discovered. Or are you in a perpetual state of preparation?